The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
The Strike Executive Committee
in Session and Confident Of
Success.
The Railroad officials Just as Confident
The Shop Men Rrfuse to Go on
Strike.
The Company Engaging NOn-Union Men
to Break the Blockade-Live Stock
Suffering.

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Other places were rea saying hat the m n
Were still firm in their intent on to hold
out, but a dispatch from the employees of
the company at Reading read: "a meeting
| Of Kn G ITS Of Labor was he d this after
noon and dc ded 10 remain at work. A
committee was appointed to go to Port
r chmond On the train Que at Philadelphia
at six p m. and en6eavor 10 get more men
TO resume work.
The members of The board did not seem
to regard the message, when shown, as Of
much importance. Sad member Lee: sit
makes but little difference whether the
shop men go out or not. They can in no
way male ally affect the issue. A general
order from the men to cease work will be
sent out tomorrow. The men in the min
ing regions nave signifed their entire will
ingness to follow the action of the en-
plnyes at Port Richmond. General Sup r.
incident Swc1gert thought the main line
men W, not rike, but he las found out
diiferen ". The fight al Port K edmond is
the fight of the road. At present there is
no PEI ceptble chan &c in the situation.
Tie men, if a ny thing however, are more
steadfast Some have sent US word that
they viii eat the boots on their feet before
they give in. Well, we won't surrender
till we have tor
Local assembly 7,0J7 had big meeting
| yesterday afternoon and Endorsed the ac-
ton Of the employees convention IN order
ing the strike.
| An official of the company when told that
| there was a movement for arbitration or a
| compromise SAID that there was nothing to
| arDitrate or conf r0mlse. 1.-THE only ques-
ton at stake" he said, sis that the men
| have dsobeyed orders and they must re-
main discharged The others have got TO
work and as they are told, or they won't be
allowed to stay where they are. All that
the Reading Company asks is the right to
run its own PROF. erty. There is no Ques-
| ton of wages invO.ved."
The latest developments indicate that the
strike Will be a long AMI bitter one and the
crisis will be reached to-day when the order
Of General Manager Mcleod goes into ef-
| lect. This directs that all employees shall
at once return to work under penalty of
| d.smissal from the service.
| A committee from Assembly No 19S of
| Read ng, composed of machinsts and car
| builders, held a long conference with the
| executive committee of the employees con-
ventiun, Who met in Port Richmond last
evening. The Reading men expressed
tuem selves as entirely satisfied with the
justice of the cause of the strikers, and
| promised their support bo financially
and Otherwise to the full extent of their
means. Besides the Healing men III ere
were present large number of local as
sembles of this city and other places on
The Reading line. Resolutions were
adopted efusing to resume work until the
men IF Elizabethport, Port Richmond and
her places had been reinstated and every
scab who tille1 a vacancy discharged, and |
Il I IL, ID
We're notified that the men would not re-
turn to work.
The Pennsylvania railroad district as |
sembly offered Ass stance and refused TO |
move the FIRE ght OF the Reading Company |
until the present fficulty should be salts
factOrIly settled. All the assemblies con- |
cted with the Pennsylvania raj road sys- |
t IN will give any asss ance asked for and |
will not, tn y say, h indie any fire ght hauled |
by the K aiding Company in The event OF |
sc ID labor being employed.
A large number of Knights of Labor as
'mbiles have adopte iesolu ions indors-
ing the acton of The convention in making
the strike gei eral.
AT Port Richmond Yesterday the great
co i yards were silent and deserted: long
In s of cars stood on the tracks, and geu-
eral feeling of desolauOn pervaded the
place. At the round house a number of
men congregateI and w.rtched the hun
dreds of mott Mess engines and cars and
talkei Of nothing but the strike Tue
Reading road management was freely crti-
C sad and many declared that no hing could
induce them 10 re urn to work.
DETECTION
READING, Pa, Dec. 27-The $500 men
emp Dyed IN the Reading Railroad Com
pdny's shops here held a meeting Sunday,
but came to no definite conclusion, and
another meeting was held yesterday after
n on, lasting for some hours. and there
Was much public speculation as to what
would be the result. 1t las been known
for some days that there was conserya-
tive element in Rea ing which thought a
strike ill-advised and impracticable and
not sustained by public opinion. The con-
venton was composed of mach inists, car
shop hands, car inspectors, blacksmiths,
engineers and men employed IN every de-
partment of traffic on the Reading road and
all living in this city. After a free ex-
preston Of opinion II was decided by
large maj prity not to eng age IN the strike,
on The ground that it was premature too
basiy aud entirely local in character and
should have been confined to Port Rich
mond alone. 1t was resolved, however,
II the managers OF the strike should order !
its continuance elsewhere, to give it all the
financial support possible.
General Manager Mcleod was promptly
informed of the cow ntion's action, and mes
sages containing the news flew over the
wires VIII raver there is Knights of La
Dor assembly: Mcleod regards the action
as straw showing which way the strike
will turn, but everywhere else so far the I
men remain solid for strike.
The officials were busy yesterday en-
ployIrg men to move traffic and several {
hundred were shipped last night to vari- {
Gus points where they will be needed. The :
officials cla N that they have enough hands {
to have every thing working in few days.
The engines which had been under guard {
since Sunday were fired up last night and
will be taken out to move the $500 coal and
freight cars lying al Reading number
OF the cars which have been detained con- ,
tain cattle End hogs, and number Of ami !
mails have been near.y frozen to death.
The latest from the nearby points is that
the men elsewhere are still determined to ;
remain out.
Rev. a. R Winfield one of the oldest